All-weather window



Sept. 30, 1952 L. J. MlLONE 2,611,934

' ALL-WEATHER WINDOW Filed Jan. 4, 1946 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 P 1952 L. JMILONE 2,611,934

ALL-WEATHER WINDOW Filed Jan. 4, 1946 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 III 1 Sept. 30,

Filed Jan.

L. J. MILONE ALL-WEATHER WINDOW 4, 1946 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 P 1952 L. J.MlLONE 2,611,934

ALL-WEATHER WINDOW Filed Jan. 4, 1946 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 H I w I@MWATTOENEQ L. J. MILONE ALL-WEATHER WINDOW Sept. 30, 1952 5Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR.

1 1 I I l I I r I I I Filed Jan. 4, 1946 ATTORZVE'KS Patented Sept. 30,1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ALL-'WEATHER WINDOW Louis J. Milone,Livingston, N. J., assignor to Orange Screen Company, Maplewood,-N. .L,a corporation of New Jersey Application January 4, 1946, Serial No.639,016

8'Claims. 1

This invention relates to improvement in window constructions.

One of the ,objectsofthisuinvention .is an improved storm window:construction of the type in which the winter glass insert panels lie inthe same verticalplane and in which provision is made forcpermittingtheir ready removal, more particularly for facilitating-substitution4ofsummer screen insert panelsor storm and protective unbreakablemetalorwood panels for the glass insert panels and vice versa, and whichincludes improved means forwinter ventilation and improved means forfittingthe storm window frame in the window openings of differentwidth-and height and in :window openings which are not of truerectangular shape.

Another object of this invention isran improved sash frame fortslidingglass sashes'andra sliding screen sash in which the screen sash may bereadily slid into a stored winter positionland-in which either of theglasssashes or the screen sashomay be readily removed, and'whichincludes improved means for holding the upper glass sash initsuppermostposition;thescreen sash in its stored position, and the lowerglass sash in full open position for summer storage and in partly openposition .for winter ventilation. purposes. 7

Another object of this invention is an improved window construction ofthe double .hung type arrangement in which the lower glass sash may bereadily removedand replaced by a screen sash and'vice versa.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the followingdescription taken .in Iconnection with the drawings, in which;

Figure .1 is an interior 'elevational view of a storm window withinterchangeable lower glass and screen insertion panels constructed inaccordance with this invention;

Figure 2 isabroken interior elevational view of the left-hand endsection of Figure 1 showing details of construction;

Figure 3 is an enlarged broken'vertical section on the line 3-3 .ofFigure 1 showing the storm window in positionina window opening;

Figure 4 is a horizontalsection on the line 4--4 of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a horizontal section through the storm window frame andscreen insert panel;

Figurefi is a partial indoor view of the ventilating section of thestorm window frame an enlarged scale;

Figure 7 is a brokenhorizontal section of a triple sliding sashconstruction;

Figure 8 is a broken partial vertical section on the line8-8 of Figure'7;

Figure 9 is a broken vertical section on the line 9-9 of Figure 7;

Figure 10 is a broken vertical section showing anotherembodiment-ofthisinvention; and

Figure 11 is a horizontal section on the line Il-Il of'FigurelO.

Referring to Figures 1 to 6, the frame of the window opening, Figure 3,may be of any usual construction as disclosed. It comprises ahead memberconsisting of parts 6, 1 and .8, asill member .9, and side guide framemembers,:not shown, for double-hung sashes l0 and J l. I

The glass and screen insert panel frame dis closed generally'at I inFigures 1, 2 and 3 comprises an upper downwardly :opening channel headmember .44, a downwardly opening bottom channel frame member 15,and-side frame members I16 and l'l which may be hollowand rectangularin. cross section indicated in Figures 4 and 5 and each of whichisprovided with-an outdoor weather flange I8 against which :the glass andscreen insert panels abut.

As disclosed in Figure 2,1the upper cross'frame or head member [4 may beconnected to: the side frame members It and I! against which the upperframe member abuts "by means of strips I9, which may be secured to theframe members by any suitable means, such as'by rivets or the like. I

The side vframe members 16 and i1 abut the bottom cross frame memberl5as shown in Figure 2 andmay be connected theretobystrips [5. Thisprovides a sash and screen insert name frame ofv rigid construction.

The frame of the lower glass insert panel generally indicated at 20, maybe constructed of upper and lower channel members 2| and.22*,

Figure 3, and side channel members :23 and 24 connected at their cornersto reinforcing bars 25 by screws 26..

The pane 21 carried by this panel may be provided with a channeledrubber. glazing :strip' 28, Figure 3, over whichtthe-parts of "the frameof the paneliare telescoped prior to being con nected together.

The frame of the upper glass insert panel generally indicated at 30,comprises-upper and lower channel members and channel stiles, Figure 2,connected together by means of screws fastened to angle irons inthewsame manner as the frameofthelower glass insert panel.

The lower frame member 3! ofsthe upper inangle sert panel, as moreparticularly shown in Figure 3, comprises an upwardly-facing channelsection 372 corresponding'to thelowerframe-member of thelower glassinsert panel, .and downwardly extending flanges-3.3 which are providedwith-imerating knobs 38 extending through slots in the indoor flange 33.

The flanges 33 and 3 3 define a downwardly opening channel in which isseated the upper frame member 2! of the lower glass insert panel.

As shown in Figure 3, the lower frame member 22 of the lower glassinsert panel may be provided with an indoor sealing flange 39 whichengages over an upwardly extending portion 49 on the inside edge of thelower frame member if: of th glass and insert panel frame I.

As shown in Figures 2 and 4, the upper glass insert panel may be heldagainst the outdoor flanges iii of the sideframe members of the glassand insert panel frame I by means of resilient plates 4| which may besecured to the side frame members l6 and H by means of a screw 42.

The lower glass insert panel may be locked at each side in position inthe frame I by means of a combination handle and latch comprising apivoted latch 64, Figure 2, which is pivoted on the stile of the lowerglass insert panel and guided thereon and limited in its pivotalmovement by means of a pin 45 mounted in the stile and passing throughan arcuate slot 46 in the latch. The latch is provided with a lockingportion ill which in the positionin Figure 2 engages in a slot in theside frame member l! of the frame I. Pivoted on the latch is a handle48, which may be swung toward the glass insert panel in an out of theway position and away from the glass insert panel into a position whereit may be grasped by the hand to raise the lower glass insert panel.

In mounting the glass insert panels in the frame I the upper glassinsert panel3ll is raised upwardly, from about the position of the lowersash panel as shown in Figure l, and moves between the flanges l8 andthe retaining plates 4! to a position where the latches 36 on eitherside of the panel enter recesses in the side members it and [7. Theselatches 36 retain the upper panel in closed position. It will be notedthat the latches 36 have beveled endsas shown at 36 of Figure 2, whichbeveled ends extend beyond the recesses. As a result the latches preventthepanel from moving downwardly unless they are manually retracted butbecause of the beveled ends 36 the upper panel may be raised into theopening of the channel member M as indicated at 14' without manuallydisengaging the latches 36 with the knobs 38. The upper edge of thelower glass insert panel 20 is then moved into the bottom channel in theupper panel and both panels are moved upwardly a suincient distance topermit the lower edge of the lower panel-20 to pass overthe edge fill ofthe lower frame I5, after which both glass insert panels: arelowered-into the position shown in Figures 2 and 3 with the sealing edge39 of the panel engaging the edge 46. The upper glass insert panel maybe made secure by means of the latches 36 and the lower glass insertpanel 26 is secured in position by means of the latches M; as described.Both of the panels 20 and 36 may be readily removed from the inside byreversing the above-described operations.

It is intended that during certain seasons of the year a screen insertpanel be substituted for the lower glass insert panel. A part of such ascreen insert panel is disclosed in Figure 5 showing the screen 49 andthe cross-sectional shape of a stile at 50. Supported on the stiles ofthe screen frame may be latches A l which may be of the type describedabove in connection with Figure 2.

' When it is desired to substitute the screen insert panel for the lowerglass insert panel, the latches 44 are withdrawn, and both upper andlower glass insert panels 26 and 30 are raised (causing the latches 36to disengage) after which the lower glass insert panel 20 may be removedand the panel 30 then drops back and the latches 36 engage andhold it inposition. The screen insert panel is then inserted in place of the panel20.

If desired, insert panels carrying metal or wooden sheets may besubstituted for the glass panels as protection against hurricane damageor to prevent breakage and entry through the windows of an unoccupiedhouse or building. These protective panels are inserted as describedabove in connection with the glass panels.

For the purpose of providing for ventilation the lower frame member 15of the glass and screen insert panel frame I is provided with louvres 52in its exterior wall, Figure 3, and its inside wall may be provided withscreened openings 54, Figure 6, which may be covered by a sliding plate55 operated from the interior of the building by means of a knob 56, theshank of which operates in a slot 5'! in the inside wall of the lowerframe member I5.

For the purpose of fitting the glass and screen insert frame I in theframe F of the window opening, the upper frame or head member 14 of theframe I is provided with a telescoping channel member 58, Figures 1, 2and 3, which may telescope over the member I l and engage it withsuflicient friction to be supported thereby and to be held in adjustedposition after it has been adjusted upwardly and angularly against thehead member 8 to conform to the frame of the window opening. Thebottom-frame member H) of the glass and screen insert panel frame I isprovided with a channel member 59, Figures 1, 2 and 3, telescopinginteriorly thereof and frictionally engaging the same; This member maybe adjusted vertically or angularly to fit the sill of the windowopening. Both of the members 58 and 59 may be adjusted so as to fit theglass and screen insert panel frame to the size and shape of the windowopening.

After the glass and screen insert panel frame I has been properlypositioned, it may be held in the frame of the window opening by meansof metallic strips 68 which extend substantially the full length of theframe I, provide a finished appearance and act as weather strips, asshown in Figure 4. Each of the strips 60 may be provided at one edgewith an inturned foot portion 61 to engage the'side frame members of thewooden frame of the window opening and'at its other edge with aninclined portion 62 adapted to engage the side frame members 16 and I lof the frame I. Each strip 60 may be held in position by wood screws 63preferably extending in the direction disclosed so as to draw the strip66 against the-frames. The strips fill also engage the ends of thechannel 58 and retain it in its extended position.

As shown in Figure 4, long wood screws 64 may pass through and connectthe side frame members I6 and l! to the wooden frame of the win dowopening. These wood screws may be used to hold the frame I in the frameof the window opening and as a means for centering and orientating theframe I in the windowopening.

In cases where the frame Iis much smaller than the window openinginterior angle ironssuchas disclosed at 65, Figure 4, may be provided,and these may be secured to the wooden frame of the window opening byscrews as shown.

In the construction disclosed in Figures -7, 8 and 9, provision ismade-for slidinglysuppor-ting two glasssashes and a screen sash. In thisconstruction, the metallic-window frame emaicated generally at I,comprises a head or upper frame member 66, Figure 9, which is providedwith upwardly extending flanges '61, which are adapted to befrictionally engaged by a channel member 68. "The frame member $68 isalso provided with an outdoor sealing flange 69 with which the upperglass sash I8 engages and with a horizontally extending flange H withwhich the sash screen I2 engages when it is moved into its upper storedposition.

The sill or lower frame member I3 of the frame I is provided withdownwardly extending flanges I4 which frictionally engage over a channelmember I5. The lower frame member I3 is also provided with a laterallyextending flange I6 on which the sash screen I2 rests when it is in itslowermost position, and with an upwardly extending flange 11 forming anindoor seal with the lower glass sash I8.

The frame I also includes a side frame member 88, Figure '7, which isprovided with glass sash and screen sash guiding flanges 8I with theoutdoor flangeof greater height then the re-' maining flanges forsealing purposes. This frame member is also provided with inwardlyextending flanges 82 and 83, the latter being of stepped form with itsinner edge offset horiz'ontally to bring it closer to the flange 82, sothat the frame may be secured in position in the frame of the windowopening by an angle iron 88 as disclosed in this figure.

The other side frame member 85 is provided with parallel straightflanges 86 corresponding to the flanges 82 and 83 and with flanges 81and 88, which together with the flanges 89 on a floating glass sash andscreen sash guiding member 98 constitute guides for the sashes. Thismember 88 is pressed against the sides of the sashes and screen by meansof a spring 9|. The construction is such that the sashes may be removedfrom the frame by pressing them toward the left, Figure '7, until theirright-hand sides clear the flanges M as is obvious.

As disclosed in Figure 9, the glass sashes may be provided with lifts82, and the screen sash may be provided with a lift 83, all of which maybe of any suitable construction.

As disclosed in Figure 8, the sashes may be held in raised position byspring stops 84 and 94'. One spring stop, as shown at the right side ofFigure 8, may be employed to hold the screen sash I2 in place in storedposition, a similar spring stop may be employed to hold the lower glasssash I8 in full open position and a spring stop 94' to hold it in partlyraised position, and spring stops such as 94 may be employed to hold theupper glass sash I8 in position in the sash frame. As shown in Figure 8,some of the spring stops may be mounted on the side frame member 88 andothers on the floating member 98 of the side frame member 85 as founddesirable.

In the modification disclosed in Figures 10 and 11 provision is made forsupporting the upper glass sash and for permitting sliding movemerit ofthe lower glass-sash and its-removal from the metallic window frame andfor pe'rmit' ting the insertion of a 'scree'n sash in placecf-the' lowerglass sash. V

The upper glass sash' di'sc'losed at"95, Figure 10, is held against theoutdoor flange of the head the exterior. The lower glass sash- I88isof-the same construction as tha'tof the upper glass sash, and in thiscase.i-he'i flan'ge fl' -may "serve not only as a lift but also as aweather sealing :means in connection with as, flange I82 extendingupwardly'from the sill or lower framememb'er'flfli Secured to the sidemembers of t-he windowframe in the window opening, in position to guidethelower glass sash, are members I85,--.Fi'gures- 10 and 11, whichare-of the cross sectional shape shown in Figure 11, and each of whichincludes an indoor sealing flange I8'I constituting, together with aU-shaped portion I88, a guide for the lower glass sash. The portion I88may be secured to the side frame member I I8 by any suitable means suchas a screw III.

The flange I81 terminates at its upper end a short distance below themiddle of the metallic window frame in order that the lower glass sash,when raised into its uppermost position, may clear the upper end of theflange to permit its removal and to permit the insertion of a screensash in its place. The U-shaped securing portion I88 of the member I85extends to the middle of the metallic window frame and constitutes thesupport for the upper glass sash as clearly indicated in Figure 10.Provision is made for fitting the metallic window frame to windowopenlto 9.

While this invention has been described with,

references to preferred embodiments illustrated in the drawings, it isto be understood that this is not to be considered limiting and that allrights are reserved as to all changes and modifications that fall withinthe principles of this invention and the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a window construction, a window frame to be inserted in a windowopening in a structure, said window frame comprising a head member, asill member and opposite side members defining a single, substantiallyrectangular aperture in which a plurality of sashes are received, saidhead member being of channel form opening downwardly, said sashesincluding an upper insert panel and a lower insert panel, said upperpanel telescoping in said channel head, cooperating latch means on saidupper panel and on at least one of said opposite side members forholding said upper insert panel securely against downward movement andin a telescoping position in said channel head, said latch meansincluding a movable latch member having a downwardly and outwardlyinclined portion which engages a cooperating edge on another cooperatingmember permitting upward movement of said upper panel without manualrelease of said latching means, said latch member also having ahorizontally disposed edge portion restraining said upper panel againstdownward movement and requiring manual actuation to release said upperpanel for downward movement, out of' said channel head, and spring meanscarried by said window frame bearing against andurging at least one ofsaid panels against said window frame in weather-tight relation thereto.

2. The window construction set forth in claim 1, comprising a frame oneach of said panels, a downwardly opening channel at the bottom of theframe of the upper insert panel, theupper edge of the frame of the lowerinsert panel fittingin said channel.

3. The window construction set forth in claim 1, comprising frames foreach of said insert panels,

1 a downwardly opening channel at the bottom of the frame of the upperpanel, a slideway in the bottom of the frame of the upper panel abovesaid channel, said latching member being slidably mounted in saidslideway for movement toward and away from said one of said oppositeside members of said window frame, said channel being complemental tothe top of the frame 20 of the lower panel and receiving ittelescopically.

LOUIS J. MILON'E.

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